HOUSTON - Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge scored 26 points apiece to help San Antonio, now without Tony Parker, beat Houston to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. After Washington put the defensive clamps on him starting in Game 3, he was unable to help the Celtics in another manner.

"Whatever bad blood we've had in the season, it's carried over to the playoffs", Thomas said, per ESPN's Chris Forsberg. Bojan Bogdanovic, who is expected to take many of Oubre's minutes, also acknowledged the challenge of what's ahead.

"I'm not surprised", Oubre said after practice Saturday. He was tossed from Game 3 for charging and knocking over Kelly Olynyk. "He had wide-open looks and they made an adjustment and I think we did a good job of figuring that out". I don't know why he reacted like that. "That's the mindset I felt like all of us had". It's going to be tough, but if he hits some tough shots, then you just going to have to live with that. "I can't be allowed to be held and grabbed every pin-down, every screen and I don't even shoot one free throw".

"We don't like them and they don't like us". I'm standing by that prediction despite what I " m about to tell you. "I'm not saying that that was the right thing to do". He has picked up 13 technical fouls this season and missed game 5 of the NBA Finals previous year after getting called for 7 technical fouls in the post-season.